The most popular translation software

(this term comes from Algonquin, meaning "eater of raw flesh" and is sometimes considered offensive) member of a people inhabiting northern Canada and the Arctic from Greenland to Eastern Siberia (also esquimau)

eskimo\es"ki*mo\ (?), n.; pl. eskimos (#). [originally applied by the algonquins to the northern indians, and meaning eaters of raw flesh.] (ethnol.) one of a peculiar race inhabiting arctic america and greenland. in many respects the eskimos resemble the mongolian race. [written also esquimau.]eskimo dog (zo?l.), one of a breed of large and powerful dogs used by the eskimos to draw sledges. it closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed. eskimo dogeskimo n1. a member of a people inhabiting the arctic (northern canada or greenland or alaska or eastern siberia); the algonquians called them eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the inuit (`the people') [syn: eskimo, esquimau, inuit]

Noun1. a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people') (synonym) Esquimau, Inuit (hypernym) Indian, North American Indian, American Indian, Red Indian2. the language spoken by the Eskimo people (synonym) Esquimau (hypernym) Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language